Christoph Martin von Degenfeld-Schonburg

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Christoph Martin von Degenfeld (1689–1762)
Engraving by Johann Jacob Haid

Count Christoph Martin von Degenfeld (from 1719 Degenfeld-Schomberg ) (born April 26, 1689 in Frankfurt am Main ; † August 16, 1762 there ) was a royal Prussian general, diplomat and real minister of state and war. He was a son of the Electoral Palatinate Privy Council Baron Maximilian von Degenfeld and his second wife Margaretha Helene von Canstein.

Descent and origin

He came from the noble family of Barons von Degenfeld . His father Maximilian von Degenfeld (born September 16, 1645; † December 15, 1697), a son of the famous General Christoph Martin von Degenfeld (1599–1653), was the brother of Ferdinand von Degenfeld (1629–1710), a war councilor or State governor and Marie Luise von Degenfeld (1634–1677), rogue count and morganatic wife of the Palatinate Elector Karl I. Ludwig . Due to the high position of the siblings in the Electoral Palatinate court society, Maximilian von Degenfeld advanced to chamberlain , lieutenant colonel of the electoral bodyguard, chief magistrate of Neustadt an der Haardt (today Neustadt an der Weinstrasse ) and administrator (administrator of the monastery property) of the dissolved Limburg abbey . In his first marriage he was married to Amalia von Landas (1647–1683), who he had a still preserved tombstone placed in the Neustadt collegiate church . In his second marriage he married Margaretha Helene Freiin von Canstein (* March 17, 1665, † February 1, 1746).

Live and act

Christoph Martin von Degenfeld comes from the father's second marriage. He began his career in the Electorate of the Palatinate, changed to the Catholic religion and back to the Protestant religion. On April 13, 1716 he was by Emperor Charles VI. raised to the rank of imperial count. In 1717 he married Maria, the wealthy youngest daughter of General Meinhard von Schomberg , and merged the names after the general's death. In 1722 he became major general of the cavalry and minister in the Rhine and Swabian districts. Later on January 23, 1730 real Minister of State and War, in October 1732 Lieutenant General and Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle . When Maria's aunt Luise Raugräfin zu Pfalz died on February 6, 1733 , she inherited her great fortune and the couple moved to Frankfurt. In 1733 he was appointed envoy to the court of St. James in London . He later lived again in Frankfurt am Main, where he died on August 16, 1762.

Family relationships

Since 1717 he was the son-in-law of the Kurbrandenburg general of the cavalry, Count Meinhard von Schomberg (the eldest son of Duke Friedrich von Schomberg ) , who entered service in 1689 . He married the youngest daughter Maria (* March 16, 1692, † April 29, 1762). The couple had the following children:

  • Wilhelmina Helena Louise (born November 15, 1717 - † March 19, 1718)
  • Elisabeth Dorothea (* December 12, 1718; † February 8, 1771 in Friedelsheim ) ⚭ Carl Graf von Wiser (Siegelsbacher Line, † 1770), son of Franz Joseph von Wiser (1679–1755)
  • Maria (November 17, 1720 - December 16, 1720)
  • Friedrich Christoph (1721: † March 10, 1781 in Vienna) Major General, ⚭ Countess Luise Susanna von Nassau-la Lecq (also: de Lek) (* October 13, 1726; † August 2, 1803)
  • Friederike Sophia (April 5, 1723 - December 7, 1789) ⚭ Count Heinrich von Bünau (1720–1784)
  • Max Christoph (* December 10, 1725 - December 31, 1725)
  • Margaretha Amalia (* December 11, 1727; † 1790) ⚭ 1753 Karl Reinhard, Freiherr Röder von Schwerde († 1788)
  • August Christoph (March 21, 1730 - April 17, 1814)
⚭ Elisabeth Louise von Racknitz auf Pernegg (1732–1757)
⚭ 1762 Friederike Helene Elise von Riedesel zu Eisenbach (* August 14, 1742: † August 3, 1811)
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Christian (born June 26, 1732, † December 20, 1743)

The cousin of Christoph Martin von Degenfeld-Schonburg was Luise Raugräfin zu Pfalz (1661–1733), daughter of the elector and correspondence partner of her half-sister Liselotte von der Pfalz (1652–1722).

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  1. ↑ PDF document on the couple's history as lords of the palace in Friedelsheim in the Palatinate ( Memento from July 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Degenfeld-Schonburg, Christoph Martin von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Degenfeld-Schomberg, Christoph Martin Graf von; Degenfeld, Christoph Maritin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general, envoy as well as real state and war minister
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1689
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 1762
Place of death Frankfurt am Main